Campeonato Paulista - Série A1
Season2001
ChampionsCorinthians
RelegatedGuarani
Mogi Mirim
Matches played126
Goals scored459 (3.64 per match)
Top goalscorerWashington (Ponte Preta) - 14 goals
Biggest home winPortuguesa 6-1 União São João (January 21, 2001)
Santos 5-0 Portuguesa Santista (January 28, 2001)
União São João 7-2 Portuguesa Santista (February 18, 2001)
Corinthians 5-0 Santos (March 18, 2001)
Matonense 5-0 Portuguesa Santista (April 22, 2001)
São Caetano 5-0 União Barbarense (April 28, 2001)
Biggest away winGuarani 0-4 Rio Branco (March 18, 2001)
União Barbarense 1-5 Palmeiras (March 18, 2001)
Botafogo 1-5 Corinthians (April 15, 2001)
Mogi Mirim 1-5 Santos (April 28, 2001)
Highest scoringUnião São João 7-2 Portuguesa Santista (February 18, 2001)
Matonense 4-5 Santos (April 7, 2001)
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The 2001 Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Profissional da Primeira Divisão - Série A1 was the 100th season of São Paulo's top professional football league. The first stage of the championship was played in a round-robin, with all the teams playing each other once; ties were broken through penalty shootouts, with ties with goals being worth two points for the winner and one for the loser, and goalless ties netting one point for the winner and no points for the loser. the four best-placed teams advanced to the semifinals. Corinthians won the championship by the 24th time. Guarani and Mogi Mirim were relegated, however, their relegations were cancelled as both teams were invited into the Rio-São Paulo league in the following year.[1]

Championship

Pos Team Pld W PWG PWL PLG PLL L GF GA GD Pts
1 Ponte Preta 15 9 1 0 2 1 2 26 16 +10 31
2 Santos 15 9 1 0 0 0 5 37 24 +13 29
3 Corinthians 15 8 0 0 2 0 5 39 27 +12 26
4 Botafogo 15 5 5 0 1 0 4 23 25 −2 26
5 São Caetano 15 6 3 0 1 0 5 29 22 +7 25
6 Rio Branco 15 5 4 0 2 0 4 32 25 +7 25
7 Palmeiras 15 7 1 0 1 1 5 28 25 +3 24
8 São Paulo 15 6 3 0 0 0 6 32 26 +6 24
9 Portuguesa 15 6 1 0 1 0 7 28 34 −6 21
10 União São João 15 6 0 0 2 0 7 34 34 0 20
11 Portuguesa Santista 15 6 0 0 2 1 6 25 39 −14 20
12 Inter de Limeira 15 4 1 1 3 0 6 26 21 +5 18
13 Matonense 15 5 0 1 1 0 8 25 31 −6 17
14 União Barbarense 15 3 2 1 2 0 7 21 36 −15 16
15 Guarani 15 4 0 1 2 1 7 16 25 −9 15
16 Mogi Mirim 15 2 3 0 3 0 7 21 32 −11 15
Source:[citation needed]

Semifinals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Corinthians 3–2 Santos 1-1 2–1
Botafogo 5–4 Ponte Preta 2-1 3-3

Finals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Botafogo 0–3 Corinthians 0-0 0–3

References

  1. ^ "2001 Campeonato Paulista rules". RSSSF Brasil. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
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